Everything of my baby years prior to that event is gone, so would have to say you can lose 'lumps' of memory. But the details of that particular event are AFAIK still with me, indelibly etched into the grey matter. I can see the dryer, the line of clothing, I know there are other clothes there but could not name them, they are not clear but, I can see the lemon plastic pants, last item on the right and at my height whatever that was at 4 .5 years, then there is a gap and then my mother is holding out her hand for them.
I guess there may be details missing but here we are 53 years later and I can recall it all, ask me what I had for lunch last Wednesday and I would not have a clue. I do believe that certain life events are burnt into your memory forever and a day. I also know that a smell can bring back memories you thought were gone, but they are there, they just need a 'trigger'.
I need no trigger to recall the events I mention above so think they are pretty accurate, if I switched back to those days and had to live them through to nine years old I would like to know if I followed my developing plastic kink or it was buried by other events, alas we cannot do it so it will never happen.
